This section of the journal contains computational activities designed to be used with a calculator. These activities enable students to practice skills of estimation, skip counting, place value, and computation. (RH)

Illustrates exploration of composition of functions, translations, and inverse functions on a graphing calculator. Includes reproducible student worksheets. (MKR)

Provided are four worksheets that are designed to capitalize on the use of calculators as teachers' partners in helping students to develop an intuitive feeling for percentage. Students also learn how to use the calculator's percent key to compute percentages. (MNS)

Activities concern exploring data and using the stem-and-leaf plot for displaying data. The three worksheets present activities, with brief directions for the teacher included. (MNS)

Calculator riddles can interest elementary students in math. Solving riddles where a numerical answer turned upside down reveals a word answer provides an amusing way to practice mathematical operations and learn about calculator functions. The paper explains how to create word riddles and includes student work pages. (SM)

The problem of finding cube roots when limited to a calculator with only square root capability is discussed. An algorithm is demonstrated and explained which should always produce a good approximation within a few iterations. (MP)

Exercises are used when beginning work with calculators to help pupils think about what they are doing. Four worksheets are included, with discussion of their objectives. (MNS)

Three examples are presented which involve constructions employing a compass, a centimeter ruler, and a calculator. Employing mathematical tools to support understanding and discovery of mathematical principles is viewed as being clearly a desire of mathematics educators, but it is felt such tools are not frequently used to their fullest. (MP)

Four worksheets are included, providing practice in estimation, computation, pattern recognition, and problem solving involving calculator use. (MNS)

Some functions on digits of positive integers are presented as possible sources for useful investigations by students, particularly through the use of calculators and computers or in the writing of small proofs. The material is designed to encourage students to conduct their own investigations. (MP)

Explorations of problems involving the zero power are presented as routes through which instructors can take their students to reduce pupil uneasiness with the concept. Initial examination begins with routines for calculators, and discussion proceeds to more formal mathematics to generate more support for the definition of zero power. (MP)

Calculators are used to compute tables of values in solving problems of maximizing areas. Reproducable worksheets are included. (MP)

Presents five lessons to demonstrate how graphing calculators can be used to teach the slope-intercept concept of linear equations and to establish more general principles about two-dimensional graphs. Contains a reproducible student quiz. (MKR)

This section contains four worksheets for games on estimation. Impact, Crossfire, Fire One, and Fire Two each require the use of calculators to focus on place value, multiplication, or division. (MNS)

Presents cost analyses of building a patio, incorporating manipulatives, pattern building, graphing calculators, matrix applications, and functions. Includes reproducible student worksheet. (MKR)